Innovative touch technology on operator panels

Moeller Electric has unveiled a new range of graphical touch panels, the MV4, specifically designed to provide more efficient communications between the operator and the machine.

Moeller Electric has unveiled a new range of graphical touch panels, the MV4, specifically designed to provide more efficient communications between the operator and the machine.

Combining superb picture quality with innovative infrared touch technology the panels are the ideal solution for the visualisation and control of complex production systems even in the most severe industrial environments.

MV4 panels are available in different sizes and display types to meet the requirements of a wide variety of diverse applications.

The range comprises 5.7 and 10.4-inch STN-mono and STN-colour displays as well as TFT-colour screens measuring 10.4 and 13inches.

Employing the very latest infrared touch technology MV4 panels provide a fast and reliable response to user inputs.

Operating times are also reduced by lightning-fast picture changes.

The 256 colour/greyscale screens with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels (5.7inch) and 640 x 480 pixels (10.4 and 13.8inch) provide sharp clear images.

In order to withstand the harshest production environments, for example like those found in the chemical and food-processing industries, the panels have a degree of protection rated up to IP65.

The panels' glass screens have a non-reflective protective coating which guarantees scratch, acid and alkali resistance.

The support of more than 40 PLC communications protocols, including SuconetK, Profibus DP, Sucom A and MPI, allows users to connect the panels to a wide range of different PLCs.

A comprehensive suite of configuration and operating software gives the touch panels a powerful array of features.

Running under Windows 95 and Windows NT, the software allows the user to quickly set up the touch panel for use with virtually any application.

Even the most complex visualisation tasks are handled simply and efficiently.

An off-line project simulation function allows users to run simulated tests of the application on a PC prior to full commissioning.

This early troubleshooting helps users identify and rectify any possible problems and failures before they happen.

Depending on the selected memory configuration, the MV4's operating software is able to manage up to 65,000 project masks with a maximum of 65,000 variables and data blocks.

It can handle 1,000 recipe entries with up to 2,000 variables.

The software provides a high level of security, access can be provided to up to 500 individual user passwords across 100 levels, and it has an extensive graphical capability for displaying trends, with up to 32 curves per graph.

OEMs can write their own help pages that can be displayed when particular alarm messages are generated.

Programmers can set up the system to hold messages in a number of different languages.

This is particularly useful to OEMs who are shipping to customers in various parts of the world, as displayed messages can be switched to the appropriate language either just prior to shipping or quickly and easily by the user on delivery.

Comprehensive alarm management includes 1000 alarms, to take care of every error or warning message imaginable, and a memory archive able to store up to 500 alarm messages.

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